I can highly recommend traveling to the Canadian Rockies in the summer, especially if you live in a warm, humid city in the South! It was a little crowded but the relief of lower temperatures more than made up for it. We flew into Calgary on a cold, rainy day and headed immediately to Banff. The small town is charming…
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Ireland and Scotland – Fun with the Family
My second most favorite thing about a trip is reliving it after I get home. (My favorite part is of course the trip itself!) My husband, our twins, and I traveled to Ireland and Scotland in May 2018. It was a combo big birthday (my husband) and college graduation (twins) celebration. We deliberated for quite some time over the itinerary…
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Alaska – Work and Play
September, 2017: I’m writing this in Alaska. One of the very best things about freelance copywriting is the flexibility. Have computer, will travel. So when my husband needed to work for two weeks in Anchorage, I tagged along for week two. I flew in on a Friday night so we could have some fun on the weekend – and boy,…
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Carry out with Caution: Alliteration
Ahh, alliteration! Is it a delightful device or a pitfall of perilous phrasing? Considering that it took me 30 minutes to come up with the headline and the first sentence of this entry, I’m leaning towards “pitfall.” I exaggerate, of course. The answer is somewhere in between. It can be catchy and cute. Or it can seem formidably forced, and…
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Italy – Twice in Twelve Months
How lucky can you get? In the summer of 2016, my husband and I joined another couple on an amazing trip to Italy. The following spring, my daughter studied abroad for a semester in that wonderful country. She did not plan her semester until after we returned from our trip. Maybe our descriptions of the art and the wine influenced…
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